Published: 30/11/2017 Updated: 12/02/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 437

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The rngapi_reset function in crypto/rng.c in the Linux kernel prior to 4.2 allows malicious users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).

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Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Sco ...

Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's random number generator API A null pointer dereference in the rngapi_reset function may result in denial of service, crashing the system ...

CWE-476 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f1bb15bed84ad6c893916b7e7b9db6f1d7eec6 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1514609 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1485815 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f1bb15bed84ad6c893916b7e7b9db6f1d7eec6 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676 https://nvd.nist.gov https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-15116

CVE-2017-15116

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